Here are a few comments on slimming down your code while still keeping it readable (or even improving the readability) Of course, this is all My Not So Humble Opinion, so take with salt. Feel free to see this as a vast exercise in Hubris on my part.

First, I'd recommend using perl with the -w (warn) option, and "use strict;" These can save you hours of debugging, and encourage good programming habits. At first it may seem a pain, but with a little practice they add no noticed effort, and you tend to do things a "Right Way" by default.
I'd also "use" all those modules rather than "require"ing them. This imports as the module author intended, and if I disagree, I can override the authors defaults. See use for details.